The well-known children’s nursery rhyme, I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, has been sung to kids for generations. It’s a nonsensical song about an old lady who first swallows a fly (presumably by accident), so she then…
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John Keats: To Autumn
As the last throes of summer sunshine fade, we find ourselves in autumn, with a nip in the air and dusk falling ever-earlier. The English Romantic poet John Keats was inspired to write one of his most famous poems at…
St Francis of Assisi: The Patron Saint of Animals
Saint Francis of Assisi was a Catholic friar and preacher born in Italy in the 12th century. Although he was alive more than 800 years ago, he had some very modern views on animal welfare. He preached the message that…
We Plough the Fields and Scatter
Every autumn, schools and churches all over the world hold their harvest festival. The celebration of the food grown on the land usually takes place in late September, after all the crops have been harvested. Traditionally, the harvest festival is…
